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Mrs. McGinley from Brooklyn NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Help Make Our Future Literate

The cost of the Sports Book Bundle for Grades 4 - 6, along with other individual books like Welcome to Camp Nightmare, That's So Raven, Volume 4, Brian's Return, etc., is $582, including shipping and <a target="new" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm" onclick="g_openWindow('http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm', 300, 800, 'fulfillwindow');return false;">fulfillment</a>.

  • $599 goal

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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

I am currently teaching a fifth grade inclusion class in an under-privileged school in Brooklyn, NY. Most of my students are reading below grade level, but hopefully with your help I can get them to where they should be- on grade level. My classroom does not have many books in our library, and the books that we do have are either too difficult for most of my students or they are books that do not capture my students' interests. After taking a survey, my students have said they want to read the following books: 1. Scary stories (such as the Goosebumps Series by R.L. Stine) 2. Sports books 3. That's So Raven books 4. Animorphs books 5. Class set of the book Holes (26) 6. Little House on the Prairie books 7. Babysitters Club books 8. Because of Winn Dixie 9. Amelia Bedelia books 10.Gary Paulsen books 11.Patricia Pollaco books These books are of various reading levels and subjects, so all of my children would be able to take part in reading both in and out of the classroom. I truly want my students to be able to succeed in life. If they can learn to love reading (by reading books they want to read), it is my belief that they will be able to achieve all of their dreams. Please help make their dreams come true!

Mrs. McGinley
Grades 3-5

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Sports: Book Bundle for Grades 4-6 (17 Books) • AKJ Educational Services $75.76 1 $75.76
Pink and Say Patricia Polacco, Patricia Polacco (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.59 1 $13.59
Thank You, Mr. Falker Patricia Polacco, Patricia Gauch (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $11.89 1 $11.89
Baby-Sitters Club Boxed Set #9: Claudia and the Great Search, Mary Anne and Too Many Boys, Stacey and the Mystery of Stoneybrook, Jessi's Baby-sitter: (The Baby-Sitters Club Series #33-36) Ann M. Martin • Barnes and Noble $10.40 1 $10.40
That's So Raven, Volume 5 Susan Sherman • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
That's So Raven, Volume 4 Susan Sherman • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
That's So Raven, Volume 3: Smother Dearest Susan Sherman • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
That's So Raven, Volume 2 Susan Sherma, Michael Poryes (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
That's So Raven, Volume 1 Susan Sherman, Michael Poryes • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Keeping Quilt Patricia Polacco, Patricia Polacco (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Chicken Sunday Patricia Polacco, Edward Miller (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Holes Louis Sachar • Barnes and Noble $5.85 26 $152.10
Brian's Return Gary Paulsen • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Brian's Winter Gary Paulsen • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
I Can Hear the Sun Patricia Polacco, Joy Peskin (Editor), Patricia Polacco (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Hatchet Gary Paulsen • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Because of Winn Dixie Kate DiCamillo • Barnes and Noble $5.39 5 $26.95
The River Gary Paulsen, Delacorte Press • Barnes and Noble $4.95 1 $4.95
The Encounter (Animorphs Series #3) K. A. Applegate, Katherine Applegate • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
The Visitor (Animorphs Series #2) K. A. Applegate • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
The First Journey (Animorphs: Altenamorphs #1) K. A. Applegate • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Ghost Beach (Goosebumps Series) R. L. Stine • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Welcome to Camp Nightmare (Goosebumps Series) R. L. Stine • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
It Came from Beneath the Sink (Goosebumps Series) R. L. Stine • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
The Haunted Mask (Goosebumps Series) R. L. Stine • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Say Cheese and Die! (Goosebumps Series) R. L. Stine • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Play Ball, Amelia Bedelia: (I Can Read Book Series: Level 2) Peggy Parish, Wallace Tripp (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Amelia Bedelia Goes Camping (I Can Read Series) Peggy Parish, Lynn Sweat (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Amelia Bedelia 4 Mayor, Vol. 36 Herman S. Parish, Lynn Sweat (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Amelia Bedelia (I Can Read Book Series) Peggy Parish, Fritz Siebel (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Amelia Bedelia Helps Out Peggy Parish, Lynn Sweat (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59

Materials cost

$419.60

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

3rd party payment processing fee

Fulfillment labor & materials

Total project cost

$490.98

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$107.78

Total project goal

$598.76

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $598.76

1 Donor

-$564.63

Donations toward project cost

-$491.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$73.63

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$34.15

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